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1  Vintage Community Discussion / Casual Forum / Re: [Deck] Recycle Elves on: March 15, 2006, 01:26:31 am
Ah, this could be the cause of some confusion.  I did not know there was a casual deck forum, where this deck would probably be better discussed.
I'm not going to close this though, for the time being at least.  I do have this deck in mind for a tournament, to be fair.  The setting is somewhat casual, with free entry and first place getting a draft set.  Though it does attract a good 20 to 50 players so, although a majority of them are scrubs, you do run into competitive decks fairly regularly.  The perfect place for a silly decks like this.
That said, I want this deck to be as competitive as it can be, while keeping it intact.  I want to win with my Recycle (or Intruder Alarm + Shaman) + Concordant Crossroads.  I love the idea of being able to draw and cast every card in my deck, and then attack with them all.

I am going to try this out I think:

4 Llanowar Elves
4 Fyndhorn Elves
4 Quirriion Rangers
4 Priests of Titania
4 Wirewood Symbiote
4 Wirewood Hivemaster
4 Bloodline Shaman
3 Sylvan Messenger

4 Concordant Crossroads
3 Recycle
4 Intruder Alarm

2 Gaea's Cradle
2 Tropical Island (the number I own)
4 Wooded Foothills
10 Forests

Side Board:
4 Xantid Swarm
4 Umezawa's Jitte
4 Naturalize
3 Undecided

Also, am I supposed to edit my decklist each time, or just post new one's?
2  Vintage Community Discussion / Casual Forum / Re: [Deck] Recycle Elves on: March 14, 2006, 02:30:58 pm
The win condition is not as fragile as you think.  If I go off I can get 30 to 40 1/1 creatures, at this point my opponent can either has a way to stop all of them or I win.  I decided to cut the exploration in favor of Bloodline Shaman.  I have to admit I ran this deck before, a while ago, and I did include Shamans, and they were excellent.  I forget the specifics, but I remember being a little frustrated with what I have mentioned as this decks problems.  The explorations were to help the deck play cards off Recycle.
Funny, I also remember playing Intruder Alarm. 

Jitte's are nice.  I think I may consider them as a sideboard option if I am playing a deck that I stand no chance pulling off my combo.  The decklist is rather tight, so I'm not going to include them in the main, though also because thats not how I want to win.

Biorhythm is a sub optimal kill.  If im resolving an 8 mana spell I would rather it stands a better chance at killing them.  I think overrun would do much the same, and it cost less.

Lastly, I understand the points you guys are making.  This deck as many flaws.  I mean, who am I to turn down Biorhythm because its a "sub optimal kill"?.  Frankly, I'm not trying to make this a better deck, or a better elf deck.  I just want my comb to be more consistant.  This is really all I am looking for here, that and sideboard suggestions.  If this is too much of a narrow focus let me know and I won't post such narrow decklists on these forums.  Obviously I am a new user here, so I am still getting used to the way you guys do things.  For example, there is a spell check button; who knew?

Thank you all for your input.  I think I will now work out a way to use Intruder Alarm/Bloodline Shaman in replace of Recycle.  In the mean time, do you guys think this is a good idea?
3  Vintage Community Discussion / Casual Forum / [Deck] Recycle Elves on: March 14, 2006, 01:03:49 am
"Recycle Elves"

4 Llanowar Elves
4 Fyndhorn Elves
4 [card]Priest of Titania[/card]
2 [card]Wirewood Chandler[/card]

4 Quirion Rangers
4 Wirewood Symbiote

4 [card]Wirewood Hivemaster[/card]
4 Bloodline Shaman

4 Recycle
4 [card]Concordant Crossroads[/card]
2 Gaea’s Cradle
16 Forests

SB: (very tentative)
4 Xantid Swarm
4 Compost
4 Naturalize
3 Viridian Zelot


This deck is obviously not the most competitive.  There are probably better Elf decks out there even.  I like this deck and I want to run it. 

The point of this deck is to look innocent on turn 3 or 4 with a Crossroads and a couple of elves out.  Then to plop down a cradle, a couple of priests, and recycle; then to procede to quite litereraly flip your deck into play and attack.  The elves all have great redundancy, so as long as a have the combo pieces this is surprisingly easy.

It's weaknesses are its high "disruptibility" and low consistency.  Its basically a two card combo deck with no draw or search, other than recycle.  Basically, if I don't draw recycle all I can do is play some elves.  It is in these two areas that I am looking for help in.  Also if anyone can suggest some sideboard cards to improve certain matchups that would be great.

This deck is wide open to a splash.  I have the duals anyways.  I was thinking white for Absolute Law on the board, maybe Enlightened Tutor.  I don't know what else.  So feel free and suggest down this line.

I fixed your formatting and about two dozen typographical errors. Run this through spell check next time... And I'm sure I missed a few. - Bardo
4  Vintage Community Discussion / Casual Forum / Fervent Charge Deck on: December 09, 2005, 04:25:18 am
4 - Rouge Elephant
2 - Ismaru, Hound of Konda
4 - Savannah Lions
4 - Kird Ape/Mog Conscripts
4 - Harvest Wurm
4 - Watch Wolf
4 - Mog Flunkies
3 - Troll Ascetic
3 - Loxodon Hierarch

4 - Fervent Charge

4 - Mox Diamond
4 - Thran Quarry
4 - City of Brass
4 - Windswept Heath
3 - Savannah
3 - Tiaga
1 - Plateau
1 - Bayou
1 - Plains
3 - Forest

I would probobly run another Savannah but I don't own four so sorry, its out. 
I would love to find a way to work Anger into this deck.  Haste would rock, but I can't offord missing a turn to concordent crossroads, or maybe I can, with the mox diamonds.  You tell me.  Wild Mongrel is an obvious choice with anger, but I can't think of another discard outlet that breaks the curve.

Rouge Elephant and Harvest Wurm.  They are a little risky, but the Mox Diamond Makes them both work I feel.  If I have a Mox Diamond with the Rouge Elephant I don't lose tempo, and if I draw it with the Harvest wurm its just insain first turn.
I am kinda thinking about including two Crome Mox.  One, beause I love Moxes, and two because if I don't draw Mox Diamond the Elephant and Wurm get a little clucky, and I can make use of them by removing them from the game with the crom mox.  With 6 Moxes I feel confident in my ability to draw atleast one.  Though obviously they still work with eachother.

So what do you think? 
Is there any creature that I forgot to include. 
Don't like the red creatures and feel they should be replaced with more on color stuff? 
Any ideas for a SB? 
Any other cards besides Fervent Charge that work well in an all creature deck? 
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